Transcript of "A typical format for a WebQuest"

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A typical format for a WebQuest Source: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/templates/lesson-template1.htm

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I ntroduction <ul><li>This document should be written with the student as the intended audience. Write a short paragraph here to introduce the activity or lesson to the students. </li></ul>

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I ntroduction <ul><li>If there is a role or scenario involved (e.g., &quot;You are a detective trying to identify the mysterious poet.&quot;) then here is where you'll set the stage. </li></ul>

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I ntroduction <ul><li>If there's no motivational intro like that, use this section to provide a short advance organizer or overview. Remember that the purpose of this section is to both prepare and hook the reader. </li></ul>

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The Task <ul><li>Describe crisply and clearly what the end result of the learners' activities will be. The task could be a: </li></ul><ul><li>problem or mystery to be solved; </li></ul><ul><li>position to be formulated and defended; </li></ul><ul><li>product to be designed; </li></ul>

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The Task <ul><li>complexity to be analyzed; </li></ul><ul><li>personal insight to be articulated; </li></ul><ul><li>summary to be created; </li></ul><ul><li>persuasive message or journalistic account to be crafted; </li></ul><ul><li>a creative work, or </li></ul><ul><li>anything that requires the learners to process and transform the information they've gathered. </li></ul>

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The Task <ul><li>a creative work, or </li></ul><ul><li>anything that requires the learners to process and transform the information they've gathered </li></ul>

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The Process <ul><li>To accomplish the task, what steps should the learners go through? </li></ul><ul><li>Describing this section well will help other teachers to see how your lesson flows and how they might adapt it for their own use, so the more detail and care you put into this, the better.. </li></ul>

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The Process <ul><li>Remember that this whole document is addressed to the student, however, so describe the steps using the second person. </li></ul><ul><li>First you'll be assigned to a team of 3 students... </li></ul><ul><li>Once you've picked a role to play.... </li></ul>

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The Process <ul><li>Learners will access the on-line resources that you've identified as they go through the Process. You may have a set of links that everyone looks at as a way of developing background information, or not. </li></ul>

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The Process <ul><li>If you break learners into groups, embed the links that each group will look at within the description of that stage of the process. </li></ul>

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The Process <ul><li>In the Process block, you might also provide some guidance on how to organize the information gathered. This advice could suggestions to use flowcharts, summary tables, concept maps, or other organizing structures. </li></ul>

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Evaluation <ul><li>Describe to the learners how their performance will be evaluated. Specify whether there will be a common grade for group work vs. individual grades. </li></ul>

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Conclusion <ul><li>Put a couple of sentences here that summarize what they will have accomplished or learned by completing this activity or lesson. </li></ul>

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Conclusion <ul><li>You might also include some rhetorical questions or additional links to encourage them to extend their thinking into other content beyond this lesson. </li></ul>